NEXT MEETING -
March 18, 2015 - for information call Bob Morton - 203-937-3633
City Hall, 355 Main Street, Basement meeting room - 11:30 to
1:30
West Haven Interagency
Network for Children
West Haven Collaborative
February Minutes
Attendance:
Pam Lorenzo, Alison Tyliszczak, Carol James, Theresa
Andriulli, Randy Brown, Troy Zane, Christola Calloway, Tarsha
Calloway, Bob Morton
1. Parent Support Group Report
Feb meeting cancelled due to weather
Next meeting March 9th – open meeting
Bake Sale – First day of spring bake sale – March 20th –
City Hall 9 to 12
If you would like to bake something – please fill out the form and
turn it in to us.
2. Children With Special Needs
Program Report
January Bowling event was cancelled due to lack of interest
February swim event – held Saturday Feb 7th – 11 children
and 11 adults
Need to poll parents – what would their kids like to do – need new
activities:
3. Autism Family Support Group Report
February 4th meeting – ASD Fitness Center
March Meeting – LisaMarie Bernardo – Personal Life Coach
4. Spanish Support Group Report
January meeting cancelled due to weather
Next meeting February 24th – open meeting
Meeting with Rosalyn this Friday
5. Adolescent Support Group Report
January movie event “Into The Woods” cancelled due to weather
Next event February 24th – The Duff
6.
Family Support : Alison and Trasha each had a family that
needed some support.
Group discussed cases and offered some suggestions. Child’s crib
(DCF) and services for adolescent girl (Care Coordination, Bridges).
7. Old – New Business
On February 3rd -
Karen and Bob went before the CDA board for next year’s CDA grants
for our Children with Special Needs program and Child Care for
2015/2016 funds
February 4th
-Bob and Karen had a meeting with Christina Montano – WHHS –
Peer Advocates, presented
them with a check for $300.00
- donation - help with child care and other events ie:
bowling, holiday party, etc.
February 17th – Bob
and Karen met with Pastor Seth Poston at the Vertical Church –
discussed working with them around child care for our groups and
volunteers for other events ie: bake sale, etc.
Holiday Awards ceremony with the
Mayor – scheduled for February 23rd at 1:00
Elections & By-Laws will be reviewed at the first half of the April
meeting by the Executive Committee and will be presented to the
entire collaborative for discussion, review and acceptance.
Bob mentioned that they had received around 240 pairs of new Carter
pajamas Theresa and Bob
arranged them in his office by size – newborn through kids size 7.
Bob asked if anyone had a family that they thought could use
PJ’s. Alison, Randy
and Tarsha said they did and picked out pj’s.
The rest of the pj’s are going to be divided into three
groups: one for DCF, one for Community House Head Start and
one for the Vertical Church next week.
Any collaborative member who has a family in need of pj’s
should call Bob.
Need someone to take minutes at the collaborative meetings.
Next Meeting: March 18, 2015, City Hall, basement meeting room,
11:30 to 1:30.